LUV - Southwest Airlines Company - Stock Forecast

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LUV is currently covered by 18 analysts with an average price target of $39.38. This is a potential upside of $6.79 (20.83%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $32.59.

Southwest Airlines Company's activity chart (see below) currently has 334 price targets and 364 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of LUV is 25.74% BUY, 57.43% HOLD and 16.83% SELL.

Stock Analyst Price Targets - Review

Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 51.19% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 201.39 days.

Highest price target for LUV is $42, Lowest price target is $23, average price target is $29.77.

Most recent stock forecast was given by SAVANTHI SYTH from RAYMOND JAMES on 29-Apr-2025. First documented stock forecast 11-Mar-2011.

Split History since 2000:

2/16/01 3 for 2

Best performing analysts who are covering LUV - Southwest Airlines Company:

Rajeev Lalwani Michael Linenberg Savanthi Syth Myles Walton Michael Derchin Jose Calado Darryl Genovesi David Fintzen Jamie Baker Andrew Didora

Currently out of the existing stock ratings of LUV, 26 are a BUY (25.74%), 58 are a HOLD (57.43%), 17 are a SELL (16.83%).

Analyst name

Rating

Current price target

Potential Upside

Previous price target

Date

Price targets met ratio

Average potential upside

Average Time (Days) For PT To Be Met

Performance score

Savanthi Syth (RAYMOND JAMES)

Buy

$40

$7.33 (22.44%)

$42

21 days ago
(29-Apr-2025)

10/29 (34.48%)

$12.74 (46.74%)

217

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Stephen Trent (CITI)

Sell

$23

$-9.67 (-29.60%)

$30

1 months 6 days ago
(14-Apr-2025)

15/23 (65.22%)

$-2.56 (-10.02%)

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Brandon Oglenski (BARCLAYS)

Hold

$32

$-0.67 (-2.05%)

$35

1 months 12 days ago
(08-Apr-2025)

8/20 (40%)

$7.25 (29.29%)

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Thomas Wadewitz (UBS)

Hold

$27

$-5.67 (-17.36%)

$36

1 months 13 days ago
(07-Apr-2025)

3/4 (75%)

$1.04 (4.01%)

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Christopher Stathoulopoulos (SUSQUEHANNA)

Hold

$25

$-7.67 (-23.48%)

$34

1 months 13 days ago
(07-Apr-2025)

16/23 (69.57%)

$-0.96 (-3.70%)

144

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What is LUV (Southwest Airlines Company) average time for price targets to be met?

On average it took 201.39 days on average for the stock forecasts to be realized with a an average price target met ratio 51.19

Which analyst has the current highest performing score on LUV (Southwest Airlines Company) with a proven track record?

RAJEEV LALWANI

Which analyst has the most public recommendations on LUV (Southwest Airlines Company)?

Rajeev Lalwani has 3 price targets and 5 ratings on LUV

Which analyst is the currently most bullish on LUV (Southwest Airlines Company)?

Jack Atkins with highest potential upside - $49.93

Which analyst is the currently most reserved on LUV (Southwest Airlines Company)?

Conor Cunningham with lowest potential downside - -$13.67

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